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VOL. 122 - NO. 34 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, AUGUST 24, 2018 $.35 A COPY 108th Fisherman’s Feast Celebration Madonna Del Soccorso Society Members News Briefs by Sal Giarratani Harrisburg Bishop Has “Profound Remorse” Last week, Bishop Ronald Gainer from the Diocese of Harrisburg, PA, attended Mass at the Cathedral of St. Patrick. He was named in a grand jury report on rampant sexual abuse by Catholic clergy and told those in the congregation that he has “profound remorse,” 2018 Flying Angel Sophia Fialkosky greets and offered his “heartfelt apology” to all the victims. Madonna Del Soccorso at the 108th Fisher- Forty-fi ve priests present were from his diocese. man’s Feast As a Catholic, I cannot express, once again, how angry I am about the news out of Pennsylvania. I am reminded just how angry I was following the news in 2002, about Blessing of the Fishing Waters the Archdiocese of Boston and Cardinal Law. The Fisherman’s Feast is an annual event that began in Boston How long will it be before the Catholic hierarchy in 1910 and is based on a tradition that goes back to the 16th world-wide get their act together? Didn’t anyone learn century in Sciacca Sicily. The Feast is based on the devotion of the anything after what was exposed in Boston 16 years fi shermen from Sciacca to the Madonna del Soccorso (Our Lady ago? Seemingly not! An institution that loses its moral of Help). When the fi shermen immigrated to America in the early authority has a hard time getting it back, if ever. Look 1900’s, they brought their traditions with them. Today’s Feast is at Massachusetts, see all the empty pews, see the lack much the same as it was over 100 years ago. of money being collected at Mass? The Feast traditionally starts on Thursday when the statue of It is time for the Vatican to clean itself up before it’s the Madonna is moved from her home in the Fisherman’s Club to too late. Time the hierarchy of the Church to get it, and a chapel at the center of the feast. This is her home throughout clean their mess up. the weekend. Thursday is also when the fi shermen that founded Tacky Move on President Trump’s Part the Feast are remembered with a blessing of the fi shing waters. This years Flying Angel is President Trump recently signed a $716-billion mili- The Feast culminates on Sunday night with the spectacular “Flight Sophia Fialkosky, with side tary spending bill named in honor of U.S. Senator John of the Angel.” angels Victoria Carregal and Mia Graffeo McCain, R-AZ. However, standing in front of soldiers (Photos by Rosario Scabin, Ross Photography) and military leaders at Fort Drum in New York, he made no mention of McCain’s name anywhere in the 28-minutes of the signing. That was a tacky snub. A THE POST-GAZETTE SATELLITE OFFICE few hours later at an upstate New York fundraiser he 343 CHELSEA ST., DAY SQUARE, EAST BOSTON mentioned the same bill sans McCain again. Tuesdays 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM ~ Thursdays 1 1:00 AM - 2:00 PM Call 617-227-8929 for more information PAGE 2 POST-GAZETTE, AUGUST 24, 2018 AMERICA’S LITTLE ITALIES: Past, Present, and Future? Join the North End Historical Society and their host, the North End Branch Library, 25 Parmenter Street, on Wednesday, FUCUS September 19th, at was made from a variety of 6:00 pm! moss. All of the above is mere Jerry Krase has child’s play compared to the fol- spent nearly fifty lowing preparations or remedies years visiting and which are taken from authentic photographing dozens sources, so help me Hannah (or of places in America henna). and a few foreign cities Ass’s milk was used to remove that boasted about wrinkles from the face and having an identifi able make the skin white and soft. Italian neighborhood. Poppaea, the wife of Nero, From Boston and always kept enough she-asses New York City to around for her bath supply. Portland, Maine and Wilmington, Delaware. White lead and butter was used Photo taken in 1983 by Jerome Krase for skin eruptions and ulcers He discovered they on the face were treated with shared many visual characteristics and made similar claims about the afterbirth of a calf (yuck). their authenticity. Another good remedy to give In this presentation, we’ll take a look at some of these places and whiteness to the skin and see where we came from and where we might be going. smooth away wrinkles was to Jerome Krase, Emeritus and Murray Koppelman Professor, Fucus is the name that was to provide a fair complexion boil the hoof of a white bull-calf Brooklyn College CUNY has lectured at many Italian universities given to the cosmetic which was made from white lead, for 40 days, then apply to the and published many works on Italians at home and abroad. the Greek and Roman ladies while the rouge was made from face with a linen cloth. Bull’s A Founding Member of NYC’s American Italian Coalition of used to paint their cheeks and vegetable reds. Red lead and dung was used to bring a rosy Organizations, he directed Brooklyn College’s Center for Italian- eyebrows. The use of cosmet- mineral alkali were also used. color to the cheeks, as did an American Studies, received Italian Americana’s Monsignor Gino ics became very general among The eyebrows and eyelids were extract made from crocodile’s Baroni Award, and was President of the American Italian Historical the Greek ladies and probably stained black, with a kind of intestines. Red spots and dis- Association. came into fashion because burnt solution that is still being colorations of the skin were of their sedentary life style, used by some ladies from other removed by using calf’s dung which removed much of the countries. A soot preparation kneaded by hand with oil and Saint Jeanne-Antide Thouret natural color from their com- was also used but this could gum. by Bennett Molinari and Richard Molinari plexions. We are told that the never hold up against tears Any kind of skin fungus was practice of using cosmetics is or perspiration and at times cured by the application of the Jeanne-Antide Thouret was one of great antiquity and prob- generated some very humorous gooey substance made from the born on November 27, 1765, the ably started with the ancient situations. genitals of calves, dissolved in youngest of fi ve children, three Ionians, where it prevailed Among the Roman ladies, vinegar and native sulphur. The brothers and one sister came from the earliest times. They the art of painting the com- whole mess was stirred with a before her. Her father worked as didn’t paint their faces when at plexion was carried to a greater fi g branch before application a tanner and her mother died in home, but reserved it for times extent than with the Greeks. … and folks, that’s my tip for 1781, causing Jeanne to care for when they traveled, or wished to The Romans even used a blue the day. her siblings and aid her father. appear more captivating. color to paint the veins on their NEXT ISSUE: At the age of 22, she entered The cosmetic that was used temples and their favorite rouge Spit on It the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul to serve those who are poor, first in Langres and then in Paris. Her father objected greatly, but eventually gave her his permis- sion. The French Revolution sup- pressed all religious congrega- girls plus a dispensary as well tions; Jeanne-Antide was con- as a soup kitchen for the poor. sequently forced to abandon the On April 11, 1799, she found- Daughters of Charity after being ed a new congregation in Besan- badly beaten. The injuries she çon known as the Thouret Sis- sustained, took eight months to ters of Charity with the support heel, at which time, she teamed of Letizia Ramolino (Napoleon’s up with other exiles to tend to mother). The Order of Nuns the poor. In 1795, she moved to spread quickly. In a few years, Germany and in 1797, she left they extended their houses to Germany and reached Einsie- twenty six countries, serving deln in Switzerland before mak- schools, hospitals and prisons. ing the trip to Landeron where The institute received papal ap- she met a highly anti-Catholic proval in 1819, when Pope Pius prejudice. In Landeron, she met VII accepted the “Rule of Life” her order’s vicar general from written by the foundress. Sister Besançon who asked her to Thouret moved to Naples in her return to France with a number later years, where she passed of young girls, and train them away in 1826 after suffer- in the same manner she was ing a cerebral hemorrhage. trained, in order to be able to Pope Pius XI beatifi ed her in teach children and tend the 1926, and canonized her on sick. Upon accepting this offer, January 14, 1934. The Feast is on August 15, 1797, she opened of Saint Jeanne-Antide Thouret in Besancon a school for poor is celebrated on August 24th. Mattéo Gallo o Appraisals Sales & Rentals • Real Estate For events going on in Massachusetts this FALL, visit the Massachusetts Offi ce of Travel & Tourism 376 North Street • Boston, MA 02113 Web site at www.massvacation.com. (617) 523-2100 • Fax (617) 523-3530 For a complimentary Massachusetts Getaway Guide, call 1-800-447-MASS, ext.